How a High-Tech Training System Crashed and Burned.

Bovier, Connie

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ERIC Number: EJ466412

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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How a High-Tech Training System Crashed and Burned.

Bovier, Connie

Training, v30 n8 p26-29 Aug 1993

SimuFlite Co. nearly went under when a state-of-the-art computer-based training simulation for airplane pilots took too long to develop and was not liked by participants. The revamped program emphasized live instructors, technical manuals, and videotapes. The program's failure illustrates the disadvantages of computer-based training. (SK)

Descriptors: Aviation Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Corporate Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Termination, Technological Advancement, Training

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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